12/30/24

 Yesterday,  I added 1108 tent/ 554 full x stitches to QS Voodoo in Violet 

No Place Like Home is out now

12/29/24

 I've finally finished pages 11 and 12 of Loneliness of Autumn,  it's now 42.79% complete

I also had a new start this week when my husband wanted to go antiquing and I needed a car project.  I started Richard's Stocking from Shepherds Bush on 36 ct platinum Edinburgh which is the same fabric I stitched my sons' stocking on.

This time I decided to try the #5 perle that is called for.  I am not especially happy with the coverage on Santa's coat but I'm going to add a couple more rows and see how I feel.

I spun a wheel to see which if my WIPs I'm working on next and Voodoo in Violet came up.

12/24/24

 I've been riding the struggle bus a bit.  I haven't had any no stitch days, but there have been some that have seen minimal stitches.  Sunday was better with over 1000 tent stitches.

Last night, I finished page 10 of The Loneliness of Autumn

I'm planning on keeping this out to maybe finish the last two pages in this row by the end of the year.  I do have a new start planned for tomorrow so we'll see how it all goes.

12/18/24

Last night I met my December goal for Sea Witch with 1106 tent/553 full x stitches and 35.6% complete.

This year, I've completed 13504 tent/6752 full x stitches.  Sadly, I won't be focusing on finishing this in 2025 or in 2026 but I will continue to pick it up every month.

12/15/24

I've met two more goals. 

Friday, I completed my December goal for Warrior Alice.   I added 5114 tent/2557 full x stitches and she is now 50.1% complete.

Overall this year, I've added 27224 tent/13612 full x stitches to her.

Then, today, I completed Sarah Rickwood.

Sea Witch is out next.

12/13/24

On Tuesday, 12/9, I finished page 20 of Warrior Alice.  While the White Rabbit's head isn't totally done it still looks pretty good.

 

12/3/24

 Goal met for Together We Stand

1028 tent/514 full x stitches, 2.64% complete

I started this one with a group of stitchers, a couple of whom turned out to be not so friendly so this is going to go away for a bit until the feelings I'm associating with it aren't so strong.

Warrior Alice is out next and the next page has the start of the White Rabbit's head.

12/1/24

I've now added 1084 tent/542 full x stitches to Catfish Cthulhu from Unconventional XStitch.   I love how the colors in the corner came out

11/30/24

 I've added to my original stitches on Our Path of Light from Unconventional XStitch to get it up past 1000 tent stitches.  It's now at 1.23% complete.

Catfish Cthulhu is next to see if I can't get it up to 1000 tent stitches tonight.

11/28/24

 My pretty blue blob has gotten bigger.  I've added 1084 tent/ 542 full x suites to Best Friends MC from HAED.  It's now 1.07% complete.

11/27/24

 I've been off work this week which has been pretty awesome for my stitchy time.

Loara Standish got another 515 stitches

And Sarah Rickwood has gotten another 1084 stitches to get her to 88.01% which leaves her under 1000 stitches to finish

Best Friends is out next for 1000 or so tent stitches.

11/24/24

 My husband decided he wanted to go antiquing Saturday morning so I needed a WIP that I could stitch in the car.  Loara got put on hold and I pulled Teresa Wentzler's Castle and I've added 521 stitches and away it goes until next year.

11/23/24

 Added 546 stitches to Growth Rings from Ink Circles.   I would have kept this out but other projects to touch again before the end of the year.   I'll keep it in mind though, just in case.

Loara Standish is next

11/22/24

 I've met my November goal for Sea Witch with 1078 tent/539 full x stitches.  It's now at 35.22% complete.

Growth Rings by Ink Circles is out now for at least another 500 stitches.

11/19/24

 Yesterday, after I put Quaker Tiles away, I picked up Louisa Coulimore from Hands Across the Sea and added another 446 stitches.

Sea Witch is out now for another 1000 tent stitches.

11/18/24

 Yesterday, I picked up Quaker Tiles - USA flag and added 579 stitches so it is now 4.32% complete.  Now, I can add the same color to multiple places.

Louisa Coulimore from Hands Across the Sea is out next for another 400 ish stitches.

11/17/24

 This afternoon I've completed my November stitch goal for The Loneliness of Autumn with a total of 5028 tent/ 2514 full x stitches and 36.89% complete.

There is probably just under half a page left for page 10, page 11 and page 12 is just three stitches wide.  I would really like to finish this row of pages this year.

Not sure what's next, but I've pulled out my remaining monthly pieces and a couple that are still sitting here that need some live before it put them away till next year.

11/14/24

Page 9 of The Loneliness of Autumn from Love Thy Thread.  It's now 34.7% complete.

I'm about halfway through my November goal for this WIP so it will be out for a few more days. 

11/10/24

 Page 19, November goal met and 46.67% complete

11/4/24 #2

 Page 18 and 43.6% complete

11/4/24

I had a busy weekend.   

I added 1304 tent/652 tent stitches to Together We Stand

I started Catfish Cthulhu from Unconventional XStitch and stitched 554 tent/277 full x stitches for 0.48% complete.  I love this one and have plans to come back to it before the end of the year.

I dyed some fabric so I had choices for the 2025 HAED SAL.

and I've started my November stitches for Warrior Alice.  I'm hoping to finish page 18 tonight.  I'm super excited to be getting to the White Rabbit's head.

11/1/24

 I haven't gotten very far on Our Path of Light but I do plan to come back to this and finish my typical 1000 tent stitches yet this year.

I've pulled Together We Stand for it's November stitches

10/31/24

 New Start!

Our Path of Light from Unconventional XStitch on 28 ct Monaco I dyed with called for DMC.   I didn't have as much time this morning as I would have liked but here's the start.

10/30/24

 Upgraded Goal for October met with 5128 tent/2564 full x stitches and 32.66% complete.

Im thinking about a new start next.

10/26/24

 Page 8 of The Loneliness of Autumn,  30.44% complete

10/24/24

 Finish #4!

Loneliness of Autumn is out next.

10/22/24

Last night, I finished my crop of Nightshade.  While she isn't framed, she is on the short list to be FFO'd since I do have a frame for her.

I've just realized I didn't share a picture of my ending point for Warrior Alice this month.  I met my increased goal but didn't quite finish page 18.  It'll still be there in November.

Elizabeth Hall is out now and will hopefully be finished today or tomorrow. 

10/20/24

1026 tent/513 full x stitches and 34.84% complete.  I've also stitched my first 100k stitches in this WIP.

I think Nightshade is next.

10/19/24

 1044 stitches added to Sarah Rickwood to meet my October goal.  I have less than 2000 stitches to finish.

Sea Witch is up next.

10/15/24

 Page 17 of Warrior Alice and 41.65% complete

10/11/24

 Finished!

10/10/24

 Pages 31 and 39 complete for He Came With the Rain, 99.04% complete

I've continued to think about next year's goals for The Loneliness of Autumn and Warrior Alice which are my next oldest full coverage WIPs after He Came With the Rain.  I think I'm going to try bumping up my stitch goals on them from 1000 tent stitches to 5000 tent stitches to put  them both within range of finishing next year.  We'll see how it goes since I'll still need to add stitches to Sea Witch and I want to finish Nightshade, Sarah Rickwood and Elizabeth Hall this year.

10/8/24

 Pages 30 and 38 of He Came With the Rain from Unconventional XStitch.  It's 95.54% complete.

10/4/24

 October goal met for Together We Stand with 1038 tent/519 full x and it's now 1.54% complete.

He Came With the Rain is out now as I work the remaining 6000ish stitches to finish.

10/2/24

 One 9/30, I pulled out Louisa Coulimore and unfortunately, while I didn't get a lot of progress, 92 stitches is 92 more than were there before.

9/30/24

M. Woods 1759 from Milady's Needle was out this weekend and had 912 stitches added to finish off the top two pages of the chart.  I also added just a little of the next alphabet to start the next pages.

Louisa Coulimore from Hands Across the Sea came out next for some easy monochrome stitching.

 

9/28/24

 1026 tent / 513 full x stitches added the The Forgotten.  14.16% complete

M Woods 1759 from Milady's Needle is out next. 

9/26/24

 Last night, I met my September goal for Elizabeth Hall with 718 stitches.

I got started on her name and then I was over stitching 1x1 on 46ct for now.

Next month, I'll just need to finish her name and school, all over one, and she'll be done.

The Forgotten from Charting Creations is next.

I'm also looking at what I want to do for the rest of the year.  I've been working through my WIPs again but there isn't a chance that I'll be able to work through all of them, again, before the end of the year and trying to actually meet that goal is going to push some burnout.  

So, I'm thinking about finishing the goal on The Forgotten since it's already out and I've added stitches this morning.  Then, I'm going to take all my WIPs, other than the ones with monthly goals, put them all back in order so I can find whatever takes my fancy and just pull whatever I want to stitch.  Will I keep the 500 full x goal?  Probably, it seems to work pretty well for me.  Maybe I'll pull a sampler and just see how close to finishing I can get it?  Dunno.  

Since I should be finishing He Came With the Rain in October, I'm also thinking about increasing the monthly stitching I'm doing for The Loneliness of Autumn and Warrior Alice in Nov/Dec just to make the 2025 goals to finish one or both of them easier to accomplish.

9/24/24

 I met my goal for Loneliness of Autumn this morning with 1058 tent stitches/529 full x and 28.34% complete.

Elizabeth Hall is out next.  Most of what is left is over one so I'm not sure if she'll be finished this month or if I'll split what's left and finish her in October.

9/22/23

I haven't gotten as much done stitchy-wise as I would have liked but I have made some nice progress this weekend.

I've met my monthly goal on Sea Witch with 1056 tent/ 528 full x stitches and it's now 34.49% complete.

Sarah Rickwood from Running With Needles and Scissors came out next.  I've now met my monthly goal for her as well with 826 stitches,  59.47% complete.

Loneliness of Autumn is next.

9/19/24

 Yesterday, I started Summer Moon from Plum Street Samplers with a friend.  I'm stitching on 40ct Prairie Grass linen from Seraphim with all the charted colors.

I've added 515 stitches.

The moon is filled with DMC Ecru which doesn't appear as bright on my fabric as it does on the picture from the chart, but I think I'm ok with it and it should look better as I add colors around it.